Every week is an adventure in the newspaper business. Some weeks, I’m off to a state track meet. Other weeks, I’m watching a couple of eighthgrade graduations. As they say, variety is the spice of life. We at your newspaper are hoping that you, our readers and advertisers, can help make our lives a little less stressful though. More and more pressure from our printers as far as deadlines

A coalition of Montana groups have filed a lawsuit in federal court arguing that newly passed laws that lawmakers say will speed up permitting of surface coal mines would have made the Copper Kings of Montana proud by gutting protections for the citizens and clean water. The Montana Environmental Information Center, Sierra Club, Wildearth Guardians and Citizens for Clean Energy filed the suit

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is seeking to fill two vacancies on an advisory council that provides ongoing monitoring of upland game bird enhancement program activities. Council members represent all FWP administrative regions and include upland game bird hunters, chamber of commerce memberships, upland game bird biologists and others who have conservation interests. For one appointment,